tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post9148473039260201421..comments2024-03-28T18:12:10.683-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Long-winded sort / MON 11-5-2018 / Category for a minor-league team / Danny who co-starred in "White Christmas" / Endless, in poetry Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66719039924549465372018-12-10T19:19:22.472-05:002018-12-10T19:19:22.472-05:00We had a TERESA today, if only goddess Diana would...We had a TERESA today, if only goddess Diana woulda been in there it woulda been two of my favorite peeps.<br /><br />The only Bond theme performer to be shown on screen is yeah baby SHEENA Easton.<br /><br />OK for Monday.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60061638471995204632018-12-10T17:06:35.067-05:002018-12-10T17:06:35.067-05:00@Rainy - Yes it is online. I have been doing their...@Rainy - Yes it is online. I have been doing their puzzle since it began a few months ago. Always challenging - and themeless. Today's is by Patrick Berry. Here is the link to cut and paste in your browser: https://www.newyorker.com/crossword/puzzles-deptthefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25606232383436968332018-12-10T15:18:46.976-05:002018-12-10T15:18:46.976-05:00@thefogman Thanks. I'll check it out, althou...@thefogman Thanks. I'll check it out, although here in Canada that might be tough. Maybe it's online.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7579476848353693582018-12-10T15:18:12.241-05:002018-12-10T15:18:12.241-05:00Mostly gimmes today, with a couple of pauses:
ONT...Mostly gimmes today, with a couple of pauses:<br /><br />ONTHEDL (considered QT)<br />GATEMAN (considered BOUNCER)<br /><br />And a couple of quick fixes:<br /><br />PRimP>>PREEN<br />paws>>LEGS<br /><br />A snap.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69488816161106914042018-12-10T14:55:58.679-05:002018-12-10T14:55:58.679-05:00Glad you found some humor re: your colostomy. Best...Glad you found some humor re: your colostomy. Best of luck.TMallardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16896108973493631107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45929560410703264482018-12-10T14:35:10.310-05:002018-12-10T14:35:10.310-05:00@Rainy : If you're looking for a challenge, I ...@Rainy : If you're looking for a challenge, I highly recommend the New Yorker magazine's Monday Puzzle. They put one out every Monday - which is perfect since some of us need a bit more of a challenge than the usual NYT Monday fare.<br />Link: https://www.newyorker.com/crossword/puzzles-deptthefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66379526816881253422018-12-10T13:50:16.957-05:002018-12-10T13:50:16.957-05:00I think this was the easiest puzzle I've ever ...I think this was the easiest puzzle I've ever solved. I don't time myself but I started in square 1 and just blitzed the thing. I find early-week puzzles to be sort of mental calisthenics for the later-week offerings, but today I need more calisthenics.<br /><br />Nevertheless, I found this well-constructed with nothing to pick a nit about.<br /><br />Thanks Annabel for the perky write-up.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80634720177757578242018-12-10T12:31:02.157-05:002018-12-10T12:31:02.157-05:00@spacecraft - you read me like a book, see above.@spacecraft - you read me like a book, see above.BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30188972796174158212018-12-10T11:38:50.198-05:002018-12-10T11:38:50.198-05:00Crackle called; he wants to know why he was slight...Crackle called; he wants to know why he was slighted. His two BOSOM buddies are in there.<br /><br />For a lark I tried doing this one across only; lasted until doorMAN. 10x more popular than GATEMAN. Oh well. After that inkblot, I abandoned the idea. 'Twas your typical Monday. My only other cause for frown lines appeared in the clue for ROADMAP: "Plan going forward, as for peace." Ooo-kay, I guess. Seems rather specific. I don't know how @Annabel got "these" as the clue's last word.<br /><br />I'm surprised @M&A didn't mention two primo long "fillins" that end in U: BUREAU and INSITU. Hard to argue against SHEENA Easton for DOD. We eagerly await the @BS poem featuring BOSOM and LEGS. Par. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14811392777910306442018-12-10T10:01:39.614-05:002018-12-10T10:01:39.614-05:00Easy even for a Monday. No erasures. I would have ...Easy even for a Monday. No erasures. I would have liked to see crackle instead of CRUNCH; that way you have SNAP, crackle, POP. Keep SOUNDBITES (if you can) but add rice krispies. That would have turned this great puzzle into a gem. In fact, it would have BOWLed me over.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17833333904107490982018-12-10T09:54:34.355-05:002018-12-10T09:54:34.355-05:00ODE ETERNE
TERESA’s an EPIC TOOTSIEPOP,
a GINGERS...ODE ETERNE<br /><br />TERESA’s an EPIC TOOTSIEPOP,<br />a GINGERSNAP and ALSO more,<br />a CLASSA BOSOM and her LEGS won’t STOP,<br />TAKEIT from me: a heart THROB I ADORE.<br /><br />--- SETH “ROUE” ARMANI<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29111495807173112382018-11-06T04:02:31.906-05:002018-11-06T04:02:31.906-05:00
John and Nancy...what?? BITE SOUND is not a thing...<br />John and Nancy...what?? BITE SOUND is not a thing. SOUND BITE is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38417341143023381092018-11-05T20:06:18.478-05:002018-11-05T20:06:18.478-05:00Sorry Annabelle, but I'm a mediocre solver and...Sorry Annabelle, but I'm a mediocre solver and this was so easy I was kind of surprised that Short even published it. GASBAG is common usage for the pseudo-pundits on the cable news networks. Esp. on weekends, as in "Sunday gasbags are saying...." Doug Garrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965787725520647126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52599272320647217872018-11-05T18:42:05.819-05:002018-11-05T18:42:05.819-05:00Right on with the QT. The only desert then is Iraq...Right on with the QT. The only desert then is Iraq. Dahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374634266085497694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7920483818403898612018-11-05T14:11:31.388-05:002018-11-05T14:11:31.388-05:00@Anoa Bob. Oui, oui. A gascon is also a fanfaron o...@Anoa Bob. Oui, oui. A gascon is also a fanfaron or vantard, literally a boaster. To lie like a gascon is an expression. The marseillais of course catch the biggest fish though.Mme Laffarguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5400122008010408012018-11-05T14:06:36.015-05:002018-11-05T14:06:36.015-05:00I did this puzzle completely naked. Thank you and ...I did this puzzle completely naked. Thank you and God Bless.Dr. Gary Johnson, PhDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44013002833056395502018-11-05T13:41:02.340-05:002018-11-05T13:41:02.340-05:00I went riding yesterday and my horse came up with ...I went riding yesterday and my horse came up with a limitation in his ability to ambulate comfortably. I know there's a word for that but I can't think of it right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81743098996939157762018-11-05T13:22:56.100-05:002018-11-05T13:22:56.100-05:00I thought for sure some one would link up gasbag a...I thought for sure some one would link up gasbag and smelt as in "them that smelt it , dealt it"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06866802143609510258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62050238742177583062018-11-05T13:08:26.998-05:002018-11-05T13:08:26.998-05:00I missed the ANO while solving because it went in ...I missed the ANO while solving because it went in with crosses on this very easy solve. So I went looking for it after reading Annabel's comment and along the way found a bunch of "NO" words - A<b>NO</b>, AMI<b>NO</b>, A<b>NO</b>N and <b>NO</b>PE, along with two backwards in P<b>ON</b> and C<b>ON</b>N. I have no idea if this is unusual or not.<br /><br />GINGER SNAP - I'm a convert to spice cookies. When I was growing up, no one in my house could stand them - people would give us cookie plates and the gingerbread sat on the pretty Christmas plate until well after the New Year, only to be ignominiously thrown away. Then I moved up to the Twin Cities and had a spice cookie from the now defunct Brothers Deli and I was hooked for life. I have never been able to recreate the darkness of those nearly black cookies no matter how dark the molasses or brown sugar I use but I continue to try. My newest recipe calls for a cup of raw ginger and I always add my secret ingredient of black pepper. <br /><br />A tasty Monday puzzle, thanks Roland.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60865079940101522892018-11-05T12:52:56.383-05:002018-11-05T12:52:56.383-05:00the clip isn't smelting, alas. smelting invol...the clip isn't smelting, alas. smelting involves putting raw ore and other components in a blast furnace to release the metal. for those who don't believe real facts:<br />Smelting is a process of applying heat to ore in order to extract out a base metal<br />[the wiki]<br /><br />it's also a sardine. <br /><br />GASBAG is common in old movies.Banana Diaquirinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18073113698711686682018-11-05T12:23:38.902-05:002018-11-05T12:23:38.902-05:00With the G in place for 23D "Long-winded sort...With the G in place for 23D "Long-winded sort", I thought it might be <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gascon" rel="nofollow">GASCON</a>. Apparently people who live in the Gascony area of France are noted for their boastfulness. Any truth to that @'merican in Paris?<br /><br />Noticed a steamy undercurrent in this one, what with THROB connecting up with ON THE DL followed by ANO TAKE IT IN SITU. Or maybe I'm channeling my ROUE twin brother Anoa Blob's BAD SIDE.Anoa Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185183023273883700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48258320728402571722018-11-05T12:19:38.124-05:002018-11-05T12:19:38.124-05:00NYT actually does know better. It knows better tha...NYT actually does know better. It knows better than to censor words that have multiple meanings and usages merely because someone somewhere dislikes its pejorative use. Grow up. Ed Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397786089526655716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22839997530700215452018-11-05T12:07:56.013-05:002018-11-05T12:07:56.013-05:00Very cute - such a nice repurposing of the reveal ...Very cute - such a nice repurposing of the reveal phrase. <br /><br />For GINGER cookie fans, here is a dynamite recipe from a Ladies' Aid BOSOM buddy of my grandma's:<br />Sift together 2 c. flour, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. ginger, 1/4 tsp. cloves; set aside.<br />Cream 3/4 c. butter, add 1 c. sugar, then 1 egg and 1/4 c. molasses.<br />Add dry ingredients. Form 1" balls. Roll in sugar. Press down lightly on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 deg. for 12-15 minutes.<br />The perfect combination of crispy outside and chewy inside. The only SOUND BITE heard will be "Mmmmm!"<br /><br />Annabel, thank you for the ROUE etymology.Carolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971759975067250908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68239509271028609482018-11-05T12:07:09.849-05:002018-11-05T12:07:09.849-05:00Breezed through, but had to change PRIMP to PREEN....Breezed through, but had to change PRIMP to PREEN. chaskluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544882246726372209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86021339815951579682018-11-05T11:41:22.747-05:002018-11-05T11:41:22.747-05:00SOUNDBITES actually works ok, at my house. Themer...SOUNDBITES actually works ok, at my house. Themers are all BITES of stuff, each with a SOUND in their name.<br /><br />fave fillins: BADSIDE. Debut word. Flashier debut clue, possibly? = {Skunky cabbage roll??}.<br /><br />Thanx for a primo write-up, really tired @Blu'Bel. This MonPuz was easier than snot for M&A, but can indeed see some wonky spots, for a young, perhaps somewhat less veteran solver. KAYE. GASBAG. And others @Blu'Bel darlin already snorted at.<br /><br />fave moo-cow eazy-E MonPuz clue: {Christmas stealer in a Dr. Seuss book} = GRINCH. Gimmes away lotsa letters in one gulp.<br /><br />Primo weeject stacks in the NW & SE. staff weeject pick: PAP. Sorta like a PAPercut pUp.<br /><br />Thanx for the MonFun, Mr. Huget.<br /><br />Masked & Anonymo5Us<br /><br /><br />3-D!:<br /><a href="http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/UploadRunt/FetchPage?id=MTA5ODkyMTM3NTUyNTM2Nw&title=3-D_1_Runt_1_Puzzle_1_-_1_by_1_M_1_and_1_A" rel="nofollow">**gruntz**</a><br /> Masked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346263641338670679noreply@blogger.com